We bought the wireless network with a bunch of Redline AN50. Neat product, but the split architecture was awful. With less than a dozen links we had multiple failures every few months. Other devices may or may not survive - but they were $50 Mikrotik boards.
On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 4:09 PM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote: > My first tower in 2003 had one of those Alvarion APs. Split system > IDU/ODU with a 2.4 omni. Didn’t survive the first lightning storm, even > though we had the coax lightning protectors. Ironic because one of the > advantages of running IF frequency + DC power over coax to the ODU was > supposed to be lightning survivability. We also had 6 x Trango 5830 APs > and those survived. > > > > We never hooked up any customers off the Alvarion system but I must have > had at least one CPE radio because I remember driving around doing surveys > from the van. At the time we were part of a groups of WISPs that could > install customers off each others towers and split the revenue, one of the > requirements was to have at least one of the Alvarion APs. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 3, 2024 2:37 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] our last canopy customer has cancelled > > > > Im not sure what he was happy about, Im not a junker, but apparently they > had value > > > > > > The alvarion gear was really lucrative for him I remember. the housing was > some valuable grade aluminum if the paint was off. I assume h ended up > burning the paint off or something, but he drove all that direct to a > smelter i remember him saying, and that wal like 150 miles away. that was > like 6 or 700 radios. That pile hurt feelings because it wasnt til the end > we had got those subscribers down to like 700 bucks a piece. That was a > million dollar pile with the APs > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 2:06 PM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote: > > Aluminum cases? > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 3, 2024 1:15 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] our last canopy customer has cancelled > > > > our 320s went out in a scrappers truck, hundreds and hundreds and hundreds > of them. He was really happy > > > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 12:43 PM Dev <d...@logicalwebhost.com> wrote: > > Anyone know what I’d get for a box of PMP 320’s? A big box :) > > > > On Dec 3, 2024, at 10:32 AM, Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote: > > > > We should put them on eBay at full MSRP. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *CBB - Jay Fuller > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 3, 2024 12:07 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] our last canopy customer has cancelled > > > > > > I think I have one new in a box too. Might donate it to a museum or > something :) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 3, 2024 11:23 AM > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] our last canopy customer has cancelled > > > > we still have like 3 900mhz customers across 2 APs that wont die and > cant be otherwize converted. Those FSK radios are resilient > > > > Hell, we have one 2.4.fhss Alvarion BreezeAccessII in the air serving one > customer 1.2mbps. We dont even have the tools to do the RG58 cable on those > anymore. the customer is happy, and we told him 10 years ago we can only > serve him til his radio or the AP die. they just wont die > > > > On Mon, Dec 2, 2024 at 11:33 AM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote: > > Yesterday going through spare SMs I found a NIB 900 MHz PMP100 SM. I > suspect we have a few used ones around along with Yagis, but this one was > still in the box, never deployed. Oh, well. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *CBB - Jay Fuller > *Sent:* Monday, December 2, 2024 11:24 AM > *To:* af@af.afmug.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] our last canopy customer has cancelled > > > > > > been a great 20 year ride. our last 900 mhz pmp100 customer cancelled > today. fiber has overbuilt most of our > > orig coverage area. they were customers since 2013. still on a 3 meg > plan. > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > ------------------------------ > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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